Mohave County miner., 1887-10-15
All Ki.4s.

There was an Increased area OF no less
than 1888 acres under cultivation In
Ireland this year.
james q. Wethered, Of San Francisco,
owns snu6 box made Of the Hrst gold
found In California In ls4s.
Many Of the c,tisens Of Talare. Cal,
have been made seriously III by the bites
Of big black spiders, which have appeared
In great numbers.
The dairymen Of Elgin have organized
. protective league for the winter. This
may indicate hard winter and trouble
ahead for the frozen pump.
The richest man in Philsdslphia is said
to be Isaiah v. Williamson. He started
with nothing. and now, at s5, he does not
know what TO do with his money.
Chicago's total elevator capacity 10 2s.-
$4,000 bushels. On April 20 there was in
store the greatest quantity Of grain within
the city's history--24,4l7. GIL bushels.
John Brcnnock, wealthy Chicago
packer, owns the Oldest and one Of the
fastest carriage teams In the West. One
Of the horses 10 "A and the other 20 years
old, and yet they are able to do mile
under 2 80.
Frank Purdy and David Sherman,
Indian printer boys at the Genoa (Neb. }
Indian school, are trying to raise $3.50 for
small printing outfit with which to issue
= paper from that school called The Pipe
Of Peace. Their subscription 10 indorssd
by the Superintendent Of the school.
The newsboys Of New York are to have
an uptown house. With the growth Of
the city and the developments Of the last
decade. many newsboys live in the upper
districts. The architect of the Children's q
Aid Society has jus; completed the plans
for newsboy's lodging house and school
at Forty-fourth street and Second avenue.
Sixty thousand orange trees are on their
way to California from Japan, where they
were shipped on board of an English
bark in the harbor Of Yokohama about
three weeks ago. With them, also. comes
miscellaneous assortment OF over 8n,
900 trees and shrubs indigenous to Japan,
which it is proposed to acclimatize in
California.
An Albany matchmaker, 10 whom q
watch that had dropped overheard on a
fishing excursion was taken. found that
some OF the works were so badly rusted
that they were useless. at" he said
"you had dropped your watch in oil ar
soon as you took it ont Of the water, or
better yet, had dropped it into alcohol Of
any kind Of strong liquid, il would have
cost you nothing but the cleaning"
William McDiarmid, who claims to be
the "oldest living printer and newspaper
writer in the United States" lives in
Healdsburg, Sonoma county. Cal. lie
was born in Edinburgh in 1902, was ap
preniiced TO printing firm when he Wal
IA years old, came to this country in 1896
worked On various papers in the Eastern
cities until 1873, when he went TO Cali
fornia, where, until year ago, no used u
write for the press. -..-.. ...
The Stockton, CAL, Mail, says: "Old
timers had their attention attracted to-day
and their memories Of the ffties aroused
by an ox-tcam which wound lie wa,
slowly through the streets. There wer.
eight head in the team, and two men with
goads attended to steering the outfit
The animals drew two wagons, one o
which had solid block wheels. The team
came down from the mountains with {
boiler, which was shipped to San Fran
cisco by boat" -....a..
William Beck, a man of SO, is in Wash
ington to zee the officials Of tho War De
psrtment in regard TO his wife ant
children, who are held captive by III,
Sioux. He says that he and his family
we're captured by Sitting Bull and hi,
warriors near Deadwood in 1875, and tina
he has not seen his wife and chiidrer
since that time. He was in captivit.
twelve years before he was able 70 MAKE
his escape. He finally became q chic
and was known AZ Touch the Clouds. III
desires the War Department TO find hi,
family.
Daniel Rogers, miner near Oro, Ariz.
had both hands blown off at the wrist b,
. premature discharge Of giant powde
recently He was alone, and he walket
two miles to deserted cabin, where b,
bound up the stumps Of his wrists after ,
fashion with pieces Of curtain, which h,
tore with his teeth. He travelled al
night, during which time his trowser
became loose and dropped around hi
feet. He kicked of his shoes and th,
tsowsers, and at 8 O'Clock was foun.
lying unconscious near Mexican cabin
He was taken to the hospital and i
| getting we'll. 'r f@@
Eight railroads are now either actual,
being built or soon will be, all to meet a
a place where town has not been lait
off even. Big Stone Gap 10 the name o
this remarkable place. II Is a great gaI
in the range Of mountains dividing south
west Virginia and eastern Kentucky, an.
of pecessify the railroads bu;ldino ir, tba